2018-10-10 19:31 |
Instead of loosening rules, it is more appropriate to help virtual currency companies to create banks accounts, Central Bank’s Managing explained.
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The Santander Bank chain has recently announced the expansion of its Ripple powered platform, OnePay FX for other European countries. Santander also intends to use Ripple ledger for all its payment settlements for the future.
2018-10-10 17:30 | |
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The Grayscale Investments released new numbers which show which digital currencies are bringing in institutional investors. According to the company, over 12% of investors are leaning towards XRP in the companies Digital Large Cap fund, which is an increase on the previous 9.
2018-10-10 15:30 | |
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The stability of Bitcoin has always been a bit shaky, however, over the past month or so, the leading crypto has been surprisingly… still. If you asked anyone earlier in the year why Bitcoin could never replace fiat currencies the first reason would most likely be due to its volatility and stability.
2018-10-9 15:30 | |
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Traditional venture capitalist (VC) investments are leveraging the decline in initial coin offerings (ICO) as the cryptocurrency industry tries to find bearing amid regulatory shifts and losses across the crypto markets.
2018-10-3 19:39 | |
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The company behind one of the top 3 cryptocurrencies in the market, Ripple, has located itself to be one of the most vital crypto companies in the ecosystem as well as the whole blockchain scene as a whole.
2018-10-3 13:30 | |
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Most cryptocurrency companies operate in the wild west of the financial world, deprived of the security of traditional financial markets. However, Canadian crypto firm Coinsquare is bringing the fiat-based financial world closer to the digital currency sector.
2018-10-1 05:04 | |
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Cryptocurrency And Sports Recently eToro, one of the world’s leading currency exchange platforms signed a deal with a few English premier league clubs for advertising purposes. The deal which was settled and paid for by eToro using bitcoins is so far, the biggest partnership between crypto firms and sporting companies. This is not surprising seeing […]
2018-9-30 11:38 | |
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In what seems like the first coordinated strike from government agencies, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have taken action against a securities broker for violating federal laws in connection with security-based swaps funded by bitcoin.
2018-9-29 22:29 | |
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Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.
2018-9-27 22:14 | |
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Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.
2018-9-27 20:50 | |
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It’s no secret that DApps have struggled to achieve adoption; in fact, according to stateofthedapps. com, the most popular DApp currently has just 1,811 daily active users (DAUs).
2018-9-27 20:05 | |
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Bitbns, One of India’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchanges Lists Dash (DASH) Cryptocurrency. The announcement made by Dash cryptocurrency and the Bitbns cryptocurrency exchange on their social pages indicated the addition of the DASH/INR pair for trading.
2018-9-23 01:27 | |
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It’s a sign of the times and the growing maturity of the crypto industry that a new industry trade association launched in Washington, D. C. , on September 11, 2018, to lobby the U.
2018-9-22 22:46 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-18 19:50 | |
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Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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Trading with cryptocurrency has become the new trend for shopping online. Many companies including PayPal subway, overstock, just to mention but a few have accepted transactions with cryptocurrencies.
2018-9-18 16:36 | |
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Bitcoin means an ambitious categorisation effort by regular financial companies resulting in some viewing this alluring new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. Bitcoin has been declared as a commodity by the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-17 00:30 | |
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The Japanese financial regulatory body is contemplating an expansion of its team focused on cryptocurrency and related activities. Observing the growing interest of Japanese companies in establishing a digital currency exchange, The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is set to bring more breadth to its team in 2019, per a Reuters report dated September 12, 2018.
2018-9-15 19:30 | |
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U. S. Attorney’s Office District of Connecticut has announced Homero Joshua Garza (Josh Garza) has been sentenced to “21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which [Mr.
2018-9-14 16:40 | |
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University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account.
2018-9-13 18:07 | |
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High-profile cryptocurrency companies and tech veterans are joining forces to form the Blockchain Association — the very first DC-based lobbying group. Fully-Fledged Lobbying Group Prominent cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, Circle, Protocol Labs, as well as investors in the field like Digital Currency Group, Polychain Capital, and others, are among the founding members of Blockchain Association, Washington Post reports.
2018-9-13 17:00 | |
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The SEC (U. S Securities and Exchange Commission) revealed on Tuesday that is has taken action against two digital currency companies. Both mark the first ever action of their kind by the SEC. One of the firms is against a ‘superstore’ for ICOs and the other is against a firm which claims to bring the first regulated crypto asset fund to the United States.
2018-9-12 12:30 | |
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A year-old legal battle between two of the crypto industry’s leading organizations is coming to a close. After a volley of countersuits that had the companies jumping from courthouse to courthouse, Ripple and R3 have brokered a settlement that will put the drama to rest.
2018-9-12 21:26 | |
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As an emerging cog in the global digital economy, cloud mining offers a tool for enthusiasts to mine cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin without having to acquire hardware or other oft-required elements.
2018-9-11 16:09 | |
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Two crypto companies, Gemini Trust and Paxos, got a green light from a New York state regulator to launch their own stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar. New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) gave an okay to Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, to launch Gemini Dollar (GUSD).
2018-9-11 01:58 | |
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IBM has launched a blockchain-based payment system called Blockchain World Wire. According to IBM, the new payment network uses digital currency on Stellar's blockchain to "clear and settle cross-border payments" in near real time.
2018-9-6 23:49 | |
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The Italian football club Rimini, which plays in the Italian Serie C division, has sold a portion of the team’s shares in exchange for cryptocurrency. The first-of-its-kind acquisition was made by Heritage Sports Holdings (HSH), a sports investment company based in the United Arab Emirates.
2018-8-30 21:01 | |
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Many people know bitcoin as an anonymous digital currency, one whose privacy features prime it for concealed payments in sketchy recesses of the internet’s dark web.
2018-8-29 17:33 | |
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Falling demand for miners in the cryptocurrency industry has forced crypto mining hardware companies to become more creative. This is as hashrates reach new highs and digital currency prices maintain… The post No IPOs, Major Crypto Mining Tech Companies Focus on Product Innovation appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-8-29 00:13 | |
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The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019.
2018-8-28 20:18 | |
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In the midst of a countrywide clampdown on cryptocurrency, the central bank of China, together with other government agencies, issued a warning on recent criminal activities to alert the public against fake claims.
2018-8-28 23:00 | |
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China is showing no intention of slowing down its cryptocurrency crackdown. In the latest, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) — the three largest technology companies in the country — are banning cryptocurrency-related activities from their platforms.
2018-8-27 13:45 | |
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China is continuing its crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related ventures. The country is now blocking access to more than 120 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges utilized for trading purposes by mainland customers.
2018-8-24 00:24 | |
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As we reported on July 19, 2018, Bermuda is determined to establish itself as the leading jurisdiction for fintech entrepreneurs, in particular those involved in initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital assets and virtual currencies.
2018-8-23 23:03 | |
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U. S. -based digital currency exchange Coinbase has filed a patent on a new Bitcoin payment system designed to make cryptocurrency payments safer. The new platform will provide an added layer of security for users’ keys and allow them to make Bitcoin payments directly from their digital wallets.
2018-8-18 00:52 | |
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Digital currency facilitates direct payments between payees and payors and removes intermediaries, infrastructure costs, and processing costs. A digital currency is a payment method which exists only in the electronic form.
2018-8-11 19:13 | |
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World-renowned market intelligence solutions provider Infiniti Research has released a new publication outlining different types of digital currency and their impact on the financial industry, Business Wire reports.
2018-8-10 21:29 | |
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Researchers have been diligently prodding cryptocurrency and blockchain companies for kinks in their security – and it seems some of them are finally getting recognition for their work. Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year – an annual showcase of the best and worst in information security.
2018-8-8 19:35 | |
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Maerki Baumann — a private bank based in Zurich, Switzerland — has announced it will manage its clients’ cryptocurrency assets. This makes it the second Swiss bank to make such an announcement following Hypothekarbank Lenzburg (Hypi), which stated in June that it would open business accounts for cryptocurrency companies.
2018-8-7 23:23 | |
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Messaging service Kik unveiled their own cryptocurrency last year, partially as a way to set it apart from the competition. A growing number of companies are now trying out Kik’s ‘Kin’ virtual currency and associated application for their own usage.
2018-8-7 23:00 | |
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On A Significant Development Step, Verge Integrates With Pundi X POS Verge Currency (XVG) has recently revealed to the public that it has been integrated into the Pundi X Point of Sale (POS) system. The Pundi X team has stated that both companies are working together to increase the applications of the blockchain tech and […]
2018-8-3 00:21 | |
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Fintech businesses struggling to stay inbounds of government rules may soon receive a dose of much-needed guidance via the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
2018-8-3 18:23 | |
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The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian dollars ($6 million USD) to roughly 70 different companies that will work to inspire innovation and create new ideas within the region’s travel space.
2018-8-2 00:27 | |
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced on Tuesday they are to begin accepting applications from fintech companies that wish to become national banks. “The decision to... The post OCC Starts Accepting National Bank Charter Applications From Fintech Companies appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-8-1 15:48 | |
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A survey conducted by crypto-friendly payment company Mistertango has found that almost 9 out of 10 digital currency exchange platforms want to see the industry regulated. However, there are also some fears that said regulation could stifle crypto innovation.
2018-8-1 00:30 | |
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Google is the latest tech giant to offer blockchain technology to its customers. The company announced that it would be introducing open-source integrations for applications built with both Ethereum and Hyperledger later this year through its Google Cloud Product marketplace.
2018-7-31 21:18 | |
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Capital gains on crypto transactions are easy to track, one at a time. What about when there are thousands?Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments.
2018-7-31 20:04 | |
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Iran is planning to issue its own national crypto in the face of looming sanctions by the US government. The Middle Eastern country intends on working with local companies with expertise in cryptography and technology to develop the national crypto, with the country’s central bank being in charge of the development process. This is not […]
2018-7-29 00:00 | |
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Various cryptocurrency exchanges include either Bitcoin or Ethereum among their key trading pairs. Although this is only natural, a few companies are taking a very different approach. BitRue, an exchange which uses Ripple’s XRP as its base currency, is looking to expand its presence.
2018-7-28 17:00 | |
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Key Takeaways: Tether unveiled Mining OS (MOS), a complete Bitcoin mining platform designed according to open-source model The system can implement from small-sized mining rigs at home to big multi-site The post Tether Open-Sources Bitcoin Mining OS, Targeting Home Rigs to Global Industrial Farms appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Key Takeaways: Crypto industry and banking leaders met at White House to discuss about regulation on stablecoin yield. Talks aim to unlease bottlenecks, foster the progress of the Digital Asset The post White House Talks Stablecoin Yield as Crypto, Banks Push US Market Structure Bill appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Key Takeaways: Billiton Diamond and Ctrl Alt have tokenized more than 280 million polished diamonds in the UAE. The program utilizes the use of the XRP Ledger, and Ripple offers The post Ripple Secures $280M Diamond Tokenization as UAE Pushes Real-World Assets Onto XRPL appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
By several measures, activity on the network remains near peak levels, which has industry leaders plussed about the plunge in ether's price.
Users can now lend FXRP to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, giving XRP holders new ways to put their tokens to work onchain.
Galaxy generated $426 million in adjusted gross profit for the full year and ended it with $2.6 billion in cash and stablecoins, despite the significant quarterly loss.
Last year marked the second-worst annual performance since Strategy adopted its bitcoin treasury strategy.